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Forward Air Waybill Web Services

Webservice to get waybill information

Service URL

Name Service URL Additional details
Waybill Service ${baseUrl}/ltlservices/v2/rest/waybills/{{referenceNumber}} Example test url: https://test-api.forwardair.com/ltlservices/v2/rest/waybills/12345678

Rest Service Documents

Request Parameters
Name Type Required Description
user Header param Y Your API username. Please note this is not the same as your web username.
password Header param Y Your API password. Please note this is not the same as your web password.
referenceNumber String Y This will be the 8 digit airbill number or the full gabs key (origin gateway, airline code, airbill, sequence). If providing the full gabs key, use dashes in the individual parts. Ex. DFW-472-12345678-00. You can use your reference number as well.

Response

The response returns an array of waybills with current status. Forward plans on expanding on this dataset in future and adding more information about the waybill. Use this response to get the gabskey for the /statuses, /documents etc webservice calls to get more details.

Response json
[
	{
	"origin": "BHM",
	"destination": "MSP",
	"gabsKey": "BHM-472-64891585-00",
	"waybillNumber": "64891585",
	"currentStatusDescription": "Inactive"
	}
]

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Last updated 06/23/2021